Hat-size ticket.



J. H. WEIN'.

HAT SIZE TICKET.

APPLIOATION FILED we, 28, 1913.

1,1 1 3,849. Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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HAT-SIZE TICKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Oct. 13, 1914..

Application filed August 28, 1913. Serial No. 787,151.

To all whom it may concern t l Be it known that I, JULIUS H; WEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butte, in the county'of Silverbow and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Size Tickets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to improvements in memorandum tickets and particularly to hat size tickets.

One object of the invention is to provide a memorandum ticket of this character by means of which a dealer may see at a glance how many hats he originally had of each style, kind, color and price, how many have been sold and how many there are left.

Another object is to provide a'ticket of this character which will not be larger than the ordinary hat size ticket now in general use and may be readily inserted beneath the band of a hat.

A further object is to provide a hat size ticket embodying my invention which may be produced at a very slight, if any, greater expense than the usual hat size ticket.'

. With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of the reverse side of a hat size ticket embodying my invention and showing the markings on the ticket before any of the hats of the styles indicated have been sold. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner in which a record is kept of the hats sold; Figs. 3 and 4 are views similar to Fig. 1 showing different arrangements of the tickets; Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe front side of the ticket indicating the size of the hat in which this ticket is inserted.

My improved hat size ticket may be constructed of any suitable material and is preferably formed of paste-board or stifl' paper, and corresponds in size and shape to the size and shape of the ordinary hat size ticket now in use. On the front or outer] side of the ticket is placed in the usual or any desired manner the size of the hat to which the ticket is applied and in addition to the size mark the front or outer side of the ticket may contain the name of the hat,

the name of thedealer or any desired advertising matter. The reverse side or back of the ticket is ruled off to form series of spaces designed to receive the number, color, kind and priceof the hat, the size numbers and marks indicating the number of hats in stock of the size indicated by the size numbers. These ruled spacesmay be arranged in various ways and in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the ticketis shown as having the number and color spaces 1 and'2, side by side, at the upper end of the ticket, while immediately below and in line with these spaces are spacesj3 and 4 to receive the kind and price indicating the marks or inscriptions.

On the lower portion of the ticket and spacedapart in parallel rows are spaces 5 designed to receive the size marks of the hats of the number, color, kind and price indicated above. The ,j spaces .5 preferably have a black or dark colored back ground in the center of which is a circular white or light colored space in which is printed or written the hat size marks. Between these spaces 5 containing the hat size marks and below the lowermost row of said spaces are arranged blank spaces 6 which are preferably divided centrajlly by a light mark or line into two vertical columns in which are placed dashes or horizontal marks 7 indicating the number of hats purchased or the markings in the "spaces above and as is clearly indicated inFig. 1 of the drawings. When a hat of any of the sizes indicated on the ticket is sold one of the dashes or marks in the spaces below this size mark is scratched or crossed out as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings so that the card will show at a glance not'only how many bats were purchased or originally in stock of each particular size butwill also indicate thenumber of hats "o1" each size sold and thenumb er remaining. v

The method usually employed in keeping hat stocks is as follows: Six of each style,

. the other, he may mark the ticket 0 color and price are kept in a hat case one hat on top of the other, the smallest size on the bottom and the largest on the top, paper hat bands being usually placed between each hat to prevent wrinkling of the permanent bands. A ticket indicating the largest size or the size of the hat at the top of the stack is placed in the band of that hat and when this improved ticket is employed, the rear face thereof contains the number, style, color and price of the hats in that particular stack and also the sizes of each as shown in Figs. 1 ,and 2 of the drawings. Consequently, if the ticket shows to the clerk that he has not the size of that particular kind which the customer desires, he can show him a similar hat which he can furnish and when one of the hats from the stack carrying the ticket is sold, the clerk crosses out on the rear of the ticket the size corresponding to the size of the hat sold and a glance at the ticket will indicate just exactly what hats he has at his command in the stack and also will show .the number and sizes which have been .sold. 7

If a hat man wishes to keep eachhat separately such for instance as hard hats, which are not conveniently placed one on to pf t 6 largest size to show the number ofeach size on hand, the remainder of the tickets of this particular kind showing just the number, name style and price. Stifi' hats are the only hats kept separately and usually only a sample of each kind is kept in the case with one of these improved tickets on each hat showing the sizes he has in reserve. Hence it will be obvious that to keep sizes of each kind in a separate stack, a clerk or proprietor can tell always at a glance whether he has only just one hat of the kind and consequently, he will try to sell that, it being objectionable to keep one size of allkinds together as it will result in the accumulation of odds and ends.

usual stock book entirely obviated.

other information hereinbefore described and which are the same, except for the difference 'in the arrangement or positioni thereof, as the spaces shown and described} in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and aj further description of the form and ar-l .rangement rof the tickets shown in Figs. 3; and 1 is not thought to be necessary. ,1 From the foregoing description, taken in* connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, arrangement and details of the invention may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. An article of the character described comprising a card of rectangular configuration, one face of the latter having thereon a predetermined sized area different in color from the surrounding card surface, means within said area for indicating the size of the hat, bars on the other face of said card different in color from the card surface and having a series of alined inclosed areas whose color corresponds with that of the card surface, means within said inclosed areas for designating various hat sizes, lines arranged on the surface of said cards in planes at right angles to each other whereby to form two rows of two blocks, means within said blocks for designating the number, color, style, and price respectively of the goods to which the card is applied, and a series of blocks arranged contiguous to said inclosed areas within said bars, said blocks having therein means cooperating with the means in said inclosed areas, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An article of the character described comprising a card of substantially rectangular configuration, one face of the latter having thereon a predetermined sized area whose color differs from that of the surrounding card surface, means within said area for indicating the size of the article to which said card is applied, the other face of said card having thereon three bars of equal width arranged in spaced relationship and extending transversely thereof, the vBy means of a hat size ticket constructed .in accordance with my invention and as. herein shown and described it will be seen that an absolutely accurate and reliable memorandum of the stock .of hats may be easily kept and the necessity of keeping the surface of said bars differing in color from that of the surrounding surface of the card, said bars having arranged within the space which they embrace, a series of predetermined sized areas, the latter having a color corresponding to the card surface, a line j extending transversely from the upper edge In Figs. 8 and 4: are shown different ar- .rangements of the spaces containing thej number, color, style, price, size marks and of one of said bars to the upper edge of said card, a second line intersecting the first and disposed in a plane at right angles thereto, whereby to form two rows of two blocks, means within the latter to indicate thenumber, color, style and price respectively of the articles to which the card is to be applied, a plurality of lines arranged in spaced relation intermediate the bars and between one of the latter and the lower edge of the card whereby to form a plurality of "blocks, means within said blocks cooperating with the means in said inclosed my hand in presence of two subscribing witareas whereby a memorandum of the numnesses. ber of articles sold and still remaining unused, of any of the Various sizesindicated 5 may be readily kept to indicate at a glance Witnesses:

the condition of the stock. JAMES A. JOHNSON,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set FRANK G. MEINHART.

JULIUS H. WEIN.

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